Northrop Grumman

Manager Capture Excellence

Australia-Fortitude Valley
Full-time
Posted Nov 3, 2026

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Skills

Project Management

Job description

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: AU- Secret (NV1)

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

Your role:

At Northrop Grumman Australia, you'll do more than support business growth. You'll help enable the future of Defence capability.

As Manager Capture Excellence, you'll be at the center of some of our most important opportunities, planning and providing the resources, best practices and governance that drive successful captures across our Defence portfolio. Working with senior leaders, capture professionals and industry partners, you'll help position Northrop Grumman to deliver mission-critical outcomes for our customers and make a meaningful contribution to Australia's security.

In this highly collaborative role, you will:

•Lead capture governance and opportunity progression through the Business Acquisition Process.

•Champion capture excellence by driving capability development, tools and best practices.

•Partner with capture managers to support planning, reporting and pursuit success.

•Build strong relationships across the Northrop Grumman enterprise, Defence industry and strategic partners.

•Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement across the capture community.

This is an opportunity to influence the future direction of our business while working alongside passionate, capable teams who are united by a shared purpose: solving our customers' toughest challenges.

About you:

You are a strategic and inclusive leader who enjoys bringing people together around a common goal. You thrive in complex environments, build trusted relationships with ease, and are motivated by the opportunity to contribute to programs that create real-world impact.

We're interested in people with:

•Experience in Defence, capture management, proposal management or complex program environments.

•An understanding of Defence and Government acquisition processes.

•Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship-building skills.

•The ability to navigate complexity, think strategically and drive outcomes.

•Commercial awareness and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

•Relevant qualifications in Business, Project Management, Capture or a related discipline.

At Northrop Grumman, we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can belong, grow and succeed. If you're excited by the opportunity to help win the next generation of Defence programs while developing your own career alongside some of the industry's best, we'd love to hear from you.

What we offer:

Whatever your role, life stage or background, you can shape your career here in your way with highly challenging work, great colleagues and career development, plus a range of flexible benefits and working patterns.

•Professional development – further education, leadership development, professional industry memberships and unlimited access to a range of online training.

•Salary packaging including novated car leases and the option to purchase additional annual leave.

•Flexible working options, including hybrid working, 9 day fortnights, volunteer leave and varying start and finish times to suit your family needs.

•18 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid reservist leave.

•We offer all employees access to our Health & Wellbeing program and Employee Assistance program.

•Employee Discount Program.

•Employee Recognition Program.

For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact hayley.bincalar au.ngc.com

As a Defence security clearance is required for this role, you must be an Australian Citizen. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are applicable, as such your nationality may be a factor in determining your suitability for this role. You will also need to satisfy police checks and employment screening verification